Taraji P. Henson is known for her role as Cookie Lyon on the Fox TV musical show "Empire (2015-)".

She played Inspector Raina Washington (2002-2004) on the Lifetime TV show "The Division (2001-2004)" and Detective Jocelyn "Joss" Carter (2011-2013, 2015) on the CBS TV show "Person of Interest (2011-2016)".

Some other TV shows she appeared on are "The Parent 'Hood", "Sister, Sister", "ER", "Saved by the Bell: The New Class", "Smart Guy", "Felicity", "Pacific Blue", "Strong Medicine", "All of Us", "Half & Half", "House", "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation", "Boston Legal" and "Eli Stone".

She played Camille Mercer in the movie "Four Brohers (2005)", Sharice Watters in "Smokin' Aces (2006)", Queenie in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)", Sherry Parker in "The Karate Kid (2010)" and Katherine Johnson in "Hidden Figures (2016)".

Some other movies she appeared in are "Streetwise (1998)", "Satan's School for Girls (2000)", "All or Nothing (2001)", "Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man (2001)", "Baby Boy (2001)", "Hair Show (2004)", "Hustle & Flow (2005)", "Animal (2005)", "Something New (2006)", "Talk to Me (2007)", "The Family that Preys (2008)", "Not Easily Broken (2009)", "I Can Do Bad All by Myself (2009)", "Hurricane Season (2009)", "Date Night (2010)", "Once Fallen (2010)", "Peep World (2010)", "Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story (2011)", "The Good Doctor (2011)", "Larry Crowne (2011)", "Think Like a Man (2012)", "From the Rough (2013)", "Think Like a Man Too (2014)", "Top Five (2014)", "No Good Deed (2014)", "Seasons of Love (2014)" and "Term Life (2016)".

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